More Benghazi Documents Come To Light As Conservatives Cry Cover-Up
The Huffington Post
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By Jon Ward
Posted: 11/01/2012 4:08 pm EDT Updated: 11/01/2012 4:30 pm EDT
A picture shows a torn apart stars and stripes postcard at
the U.S. consulate compound main entrance in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept.
13, 2012, following an attack on the building late on Sept. 11.
(GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/GettyImages)
The slow dribble of Benghazi-related news continued on Thursday, as new documents related to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya came to light in two separate news reports.
Foreign Policy Magazine's Harald Doornbos and Jenan Moussa reported the discovery of sensitive documents at the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, that revealed that the day of the attack, concerns arose over Libyan police -- who were supposed to be guarding the consulate -- taking pictures of the grounds from a building across the street.
Stunningly, the documents were found in the consulate last Friday, Oct. 26, almost a month after an FBI team visited the compound to collect evidence, and six weeks after U.S. ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans lost their lives in the attack.
Fox News' Catherine Herridge also reported Thursday that U.S. mission officials in Benghazi convened an emergency meeting on Aug. 15, less than a month before the attack, to discuss concerns that the consulate was not ready for a "coordinated attack" from one of the terrorist groups in the area.
White House press secretary Jay Carney was asked about the Fox report on Air Force One as President Obama flew to Green Bay, Wis., Thursday for the first of three campaign rallies.
Carney said that "investigations are being conducted by both the FBI and the Accountability Review Board, and [the president] is not participating in the investigation."
"He is anticipating results that show us exactly what happened, who was responsible and what lessons we can learn from it in terms of how we ensure that it never happens again," Carney said.